Summary

Explains the basics of inorganic chemistry with a primary emphasis on facts; then uses the student's growing factual knowledge as a foundation for discussing the important principles of periodicity in structure, bonding and reactivity. New to this updated edition : improved treatment of atomic orbitals and properties such as electronegativity, novel approaches to the depiction of ionic structures, nomenclature for transition metal compounds, quantitative approaches to acid - base chemistry, Wade's rules for boranes and carboranes, the chemistry of major new classes of substances including fullerenes and silenes plus a chapter on the inorganic solid state.

Table of Contents

FIRST PRINCIPLES

Some Preliminaries Structure and Bonding in Molecules The Chemistry of Selected Anions Solvents, Solutions, Acids, and Bases

THE MAIN GROUP ELEMENTS

Hydrogen The Group IIA(2) Elements: Beryllium, Magnesium, Calcium, Strontium, and Barium The Group IIIB(13) Elements: Aluminum, Gallium, Indium, and Thallium The Group IVB(14) Elements: Silicon, Germanium, Tin, and Lead The Group VB(15) Elements: Phosphorus, Arsenic, Antimony, and Bismuth The Group VIB(16) Elements: Sulfur, Selenium, Tellurium, and Polonium The Noble Gases

TRANSITION ELEMENTS

Introduction to the Transition Elements: Ligand Field Theory The Elements of the Second and Third Transition Series The Actinide Elements

Explains the basics of inorganic chemistry with a primary emphasis on facts; then uses the student's growing factual knowledge as a foundation for discussing the important principles of periodicity in structure, bonding and reactivity. New to this updated edition : improved treatment of atomic orbitals and properties such as electronegativity, novel approaches to the depiction of ionic structures, nomenclature for transition metal compounds, quantitative approaches to acid - base chemistry, Wade's rules for boranes and carboranes, the chemistry of major new classes of substances including fullerenes and silenes plus a chapter on the inorganic solid state.

Some Preliminaries Structure and Bonding in Molecules The Chemistry of Selected Anions Solvents, Solutions, Acids, and Bases

THE MAIN GROUP ELEMENTS

Hydrogen The Group IIA(2) Elements: Beryllium, Magnesium, Calcium, Strontium, and Barium The Group IIIB(13) Elements: Aluminum, Gallium, Indium, and Thallium The Group IVB(14) Elements: Silicon, Germanium, Tin, and Lead The Group VB(15) Elements: Phosphorus, Arsenic, Antimony, and Bismuth The Group VIB(16) Elements: Sulfur, Selenium, Tellurium, and Polonium The Noble Gases

TRANSITION ELEMENTS

Introduction to the Transition Elements: Ligand Field Theory The Elements of the Second and Third Transition Series The Actinide Elements

Summary

Explains the basics of inorganic chemistry with a primary emphasis on facts; then uses the student's growing factual knowledge as a foundation for discussing the important principles of periodicity in structure, bonding and reactivity. New to this updated edition : improved treatment of atomic orbitals and properties such as electronegativity, novel approaches to the depiction of ionic structures, nomenclature for transition metal compounds, quantitative approaches to acid - base chemistry, Wade's rules for boranes and carboranes, the chemistry of major new classes of substances including fullerenes and silenes plus a chapter on the inorganic solid state.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

FIRST PRINCIPLES

Some Preliminaries Structure and Bonding in Molecules The Chemistry of Selected Anions Solvents, Solutions, Acids, and Bases

THE MAIN GROUP ELEMENTS

Hydrogen The Group IIA(2) Elements: Beryllium, Magnesium, Calcium, Strontium, and Barium The Group IIIB(13) Elements: Aluminum, Gallium, Indium, and Thallium The Group IVB(14) Elements: Silicon, Germanium, Tin, and Lead The Group VB(15) Elements: Phosphorus, Arsenic, Antimony, and Bismuth The Group VIB(16) Elements: Sulfur, Selenium, Tellurium, and Polonium The Noble Gases

TRANSITION ELEMENTS

Introduction to the Transition Elements: Ligand Field Theory The Elements of the Second and Third Transition Series The Actinide Elements